Adhyaya 16 Mantra 35 - Shukla Yajurveda | Urdu | Vedapath

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Mantra 35

Rishi: Śatarudriya tradition (Śukla line; commonly linked with Yājñavalkya transmission)

Devata: Rudra

Chandas: Yajus (prose)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

नमो॑ बि॒ल्मिने॑ च कव॒चिने॑ च॒ नमो॑ व॒र्मिणे॑ च वरू॒थिने॑ च॒ नम॑ः श्रु॒ताय॑ च श्रुतसे॒नाय॑ च॒ नमो॑ दुन्दु॒भ्या॒य चाहन॒न्या॒य च

Transliteration

námo bilmíne ca kavacíne ca námo varmíṇe ca varūthíne ca námaḥ śrutā̀ya ca śrutásenāya ca námo dundubhyā̀ya cāhananyā̀ya ca

Translation

Homage to the Helmeted and to the Armoured; homage to him of mail and to him of defence; homage to the Renowned and to him of the renowned host; homage to the Drum and to the Unconquerable.

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

नमः । बिल्मिने । च । कवचिने । च । नमः । वर्मिणे । च । वरूथिने । च । नमः । श्रुताय । च । श्रुतसेनाय । च । नमः । दुन्दुभ्याय । च । अहनन्याय । च

Word by Word

नमःobeisance, salutation

बिल्मिनेto the ‘bilmin’ (armoured/covered one)

चand

कवचिनेto the armoured one

चand

नमःobeisance

वर्मिणेto the mailed/armoured one

चand

वरूथिनेto the protector/sheltering one

चand

नमःobeisance

श्रुतायto the renowned/heard-of one

चand

श्रुतसेनायto Śrutasenā (he whose host/army is famed)

चand

नमःobeisance

दुन्दुभ्यायto the drum (dundubhi)

चand

अहनन्यायto the unstruck/unsmitten one

चand

Entities Mentioned

Rudra (Śatarudrīya Rudra)

Śrutasena (Rudra’s ‘renowned host’)

Dundubhi (War-drum as Rudra’s power)

Ritual Context

Viniyoga (Ritual Application)

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